1797 in Music

Events in Music

Jan 10 Annette von Droste-Hülshoff, German writer & composer, born in Havixbeck, Germany (d. 1848)

Jan 31 Franz Peter Schubert, Austrian composer (Unfinished Symphony), born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1828)

Feb 15 Henry Engelhard Steinway, piano maker (Steinway)
Feb 24 Samuel Lover, composer
Mar 7 Karl Schwencke, composer
Apr 17 Jean-Baptiste-Joseph Tolbecque, Belgian-French composer and conductor, born in Hanzinne, Belgium (d. 1869)
May 6 Joseph Brackett, American religious leader and composer (d. 1882)
May 12 Johann Hermann Kufferath, composer
May 30 Johann Christian Lobe, composer
Jul 19 Johann Gottlieb Schneider, German composer, born in Neugersdorf, Germany (d. 1856)
Jul 21 Franz Schoberlechner, Austrian composer, born in Vienna, Austria (d. 1843)
Aug 5 Friedrich August Kummer, composer
Sep 16 Anthony Panizzi, Italian librarian at British Museum, born in Brescello, Italy (d. 1879)
Nov 23 Gabor Matray, composer
Nov 29 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer
Dec 13 Heinrich Heine, German poet and lyricist (Schubert, Liszt), born in Düsseldorf, Germany (d. 1856)
Dec 19 Josef Theodor Krov, composer
Dec 26 Hans Skramstad, Norwegian pianist and composer, born in Toten (d. 1839)

Jan 30 Johann Abraham Sixt, composer, dies at 40
Feb 8 Johann Friedrich Doles, German composer, pupil of J. S. Bach, dies at 81
Feb 11 Antoine Dauvergne, French composer, dies at 83
Feb 27 Benvenuto Robbio San Raffaele, Italian composer, dies at 61
Mar 1 Juan Manuel Olivares, Venezuelan composer, dies at 36
Mar 19 Philip Hayes, English composer, dies at 58
Apr 3 Nonnosus Madlseder, composer, dies at 66
Apr 12 Josef Antonin Stepan, Bohemian composer, dies at 71
May 30 Carl Ludwig Junker, German composer, dies at 48
Jul 29 Christoph Rheineck, composer, dies at 48
Aug 12 Ignaz Franz Xaver Kurzinger, German composer, dies at 73
Sep 23 Johann Georg Roser, composer, dies at 57
Oct 12 Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84
Dec 22 Giovanni Marco Rutini, Italian composer, dies at 74